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While Republican Steve Hilton has spent months jackrabbiting around California during his long-shot bid for governor, Democratic front runner Xavier Becerra just recently emerged from quasi hibernation and stepped into political daylight.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2026

"We've wound down our kitchen, it was natural for us to cut that and focus on what is front runner for the business, which is drinks sales."

From BBC ● Jun. 10, 2026

Paramount had initially been viewed as a front runner in the deal given the close ties Ellison and his father, Oracle Corp.

From MarketWatch ● Dec. 8, 2025

The other was the vigorous argument between abstraction and figuration as front runner of the avant-garde, then being hard-fought in the American art world.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 27, 2025

Twice champion of the USSR, he’d won the 1958 Portorož Interzonal, becoming a front runner to play the incumbent titleholder, Mikhail Botvinnik, for the World Championship in 1960.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady

Herta, previously a front-runner in the US-based Indycar championship, moved to Formula 2 this year with the intention of preparing himself for F1.

From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026

The UAE nominated Wednesday its foreign ministry official Lana Nusseibeh to run in the contest to lead the UN as none of the six existing candidates has emerged as a clear front-runner.

From Barron's ● Oct. 21, 2026

She said that Raman is “absolutely not” the front-runner in the race.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2026

Wyle was considered the front-runner in the category by awards prognosticators, including The Times’ Glenn Whipp.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 15, 2026

In the West it took another century of experiment and debate before this evenly spaced solution for twelve, not nineteen, notes emerged as the front-runner solution.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall